This is a lovely little lacy baby hat.
Easy to knit and looks so pretty.
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Millie Baby Hats |
Requirements:
DK yarn
4mm needles
Tension /
Gauge:
22sts = 4” (10cm)
Medium
Premature Baby Hat – 9″
circumference, 4½“ high
Cast on 49sts
Knit 4 rows
Row 5: S1, knit to end
Row 6: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row 7: S1, p1 * yon, s1, k2tog, psso, yrn, p3, rep
from * to last 5sts, yon, s1, k2tog,
psso, yrn, p1, k1
Row 8: S1, k1, * p3, k3, repeat from * to last 5sts,
p3, k2
Repeat the last
4 rows four times more
Row 25: S1, knit to end
Row 26: S1, purl to last st, k1
Shape Top ~
Row 1: *K4,
k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(41sts)
Rows 2, 4, 6
& 8: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row 3: *K3,
k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(33sts)
Row 5: *K2,
k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(25sts)
Row 7: *K1,
k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(17sts)
Row 9: *
K2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1
(9sts)
Cut the yarn
leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn
needle, pull the yarn through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side
seam and weave in ends.
Large
Premature Baby Hat – 10″
circumference, 4¾” high
Cast on 55sts
Knit 4 rows
Row 5: S1, knit to end
Row 6: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row 7: S1, p1 * yon, s1, k2tog, psso, yrn, p3, rep
from * to last 5sts, yon, s1, k2tog,
psso, yrn, p1, k1
Row 8: S1, k1, * p3, k3, repeat from * to last
5sts, p3, k2
Repeat the last
4 rows four times more
Row 25: S1, knit to end
Row 26: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row 27: S1, knit to end
Row 28: S1, purl to last st, k1
Shape Top ~
Row
1: *K4, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(46sts)
Rows 2, 4, 6
& 8: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row
3: *K3, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(37sts)
Row
5: *K2, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(28sts)
Row
7: *K1, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(19sts)
Row
9: * K2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1
(10sts)
Row 10: S1, purl to last st, k1
Cut the yarn
leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn
needle, pull the yarn through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side
seam and weave in ends.
Newborn Baby
Hat – 11″
circumference, 5½” high
Cast on 61sts
Knit 4 rows
Row 5: S1, knit to end
Row 6: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row 7: S1, p1 * yon, s1, k2tog, psso, yrn, p3, rep
from * to last 5sts, yon, s1, k2tog,
psso, yrn, p1, k1
Row 8: S1, k1, * p3, k3, repeat from * to last
5sts, p3, k2
Repeat the last
4 rows five times more
Row 29: S1, knit to end
Row 30: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row 31: S1, knit to end
Row 32: S1, purl to last st, k1
Shape Top ~
Row
1: *K4, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(51sts)
Rows 2, 4, 6
& 8: S1, purl to last st, k1
Row
3: *K3, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(41sts)
Row
5: *K2, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(31sts)
Row
7: *K1, k2tog, repeat from * to last st,
k1
(21sts)
Row
9: * K2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1
(11sts)
Row 10: S1, purl to last st, k1
Cut the yarn
leaving a ‘tail’.
With a yarn
needle, pull the yarn through all the remaining loops and secure
Sew up side
seam and weave in ends.
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